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2a) a terrorist attack is the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear.

2b) A terrorist attack falls under Division 101 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (the Criminal Code) details terrorist act offences under Australian law. This department administers this Act.

2c) what defines a terrorist attack? A terror attack is a surprise attack involving the calculated use of violence against civilians.
The motive behind such an attack will most likely be religious or political in nature.
It will be carried out using methods designed to intimidate and instill fear.
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A similar definition is used in numerous other contexts of U.S. law as well. A terrorist is an individual who has engaged in terrorist activity or is associated with a terrorist organization. Fundamentally, a terrorist is someone associated with one of a handful of crimes: hijacking, sabotage, kidnapping, blackmail, attacking a protected person, or assassination. Each of those, even without the definition of terrorist, is a crime. In many ways, defending a terrorist is little different from defending anyone else: the attorney is fulfilling his or her duty to preserve an individual’s rights, including a right to due process of law, and to satisfy the axiom that there is a presumption of innocence until proven guilty. For example in many cases terrorists are only refugees who are regarded as terrorists by their own county so many lawyers only have to do some background research to prove they aren’t what they are accused

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